Wednesday, April 29, 2015

I received this book as an ARC for an honest review. This book is amazing, once you start it you can't put it down until you reach the very end. This book can be read as a stand alone, this book does bring bring back characters from previous books.

In this book we meet Liz. Liz is a woman with a whole lot of guilt from her past but the one thing she uses to combat that guilt is her job as a nurse in the emergency room at Highland Park Hospital. While working one night her best friend and co-worker Cindy asks her not to take the next patient that the EMS is bringing in fearing it will trigger to many memories for her from her past. What she gets is Trevor Hammond and what he wants is his partner. When Liz looks at Trevor her past comes back with a vengeance but what happens next she was sure would never happen to her.

While looking for Trevor's partner what she gets first is James she doesn't know who he is but knows that his voice does things to her that she has never felt before. This is an amazing story about finding love and forgiveness in ways you never thought were originally possible. This is an amazing story though that I would highly recommend.

Carter bought his way out of the mafia to protect Emma, but
when an old ghost returns to the Mauricio Family, a chain of events starts that
can harm everyone. While Carter must decide to return to the Mauricio Family or
not, a face that is oddly familiar to Emma comes into her life. She’s given the
chance to discover more about her family while tensions between the rivaling
Mauricio and Bertal Family comes to a head in an explosive way. The truce is
officially off, and when the two worlds collide, Carter’s decision is made.

He didn’t start this war, but he will end it.

He will do anything to protect Emma.

Excerpt One

We’d been learning how to shoot for a couple of months
now. It had been Theresa’s idea, and these sessions had started to replace our
wine nights. It had also been her idea to have Noah be our instructor. Carter
was the better shot, but Theresa still liked to keep her distance from him. He
still made her uneasy.

Amanda had asked her about it one night at their apartment
when I’d gone to the bathroom. I stopped in the hallway when I’d overheard
Theresa explain, “It’s not that I don’t like him. It’s just…he’s a killer,
Amanda. He’s dangerous. I know he loves her, and I know if anyone is going to
protect her, it will be him, but…” She’d sighed. “I don’t know. He’s known as
the Cold Killer. It’s hard to get past that, even though I know Emma loves him
so much.”

Amanda had asked, “Are you worried for her?”

“No.” She’d hesitated. “I mean…maybe. I’m not worried for
her from him, but because of him. He’s with the mafia.”

“She said he’s out.”

“Yeah, well, is anyone really out?”

Amanda had replied, “She wasn’t in trouble before because
of him. Emma and I did that all on our own.”

“I know. I really do, and I feel bad, but I’m just on edge
with the guy. He’s deadly. Can’t you see it in his eyes?” Theresa got up for
the kitchen. “I need a refill. You?”

I had melted backward, back into the bathroom. When she’d
crossed the hallway, the bathroom door was shut.

Glancing over at her now, I remembered how her smiles had
seemed more forced that night, her laughter a little louder, and the secretive
looks she’d sent Amanda’s way. They were roommates. They were going to talk
about me. That was obvious, but I’d been hurt, though I knew I shouldn’t have
been.

Theresa worried about me. I tried to keep telling myself
it was as simple as that.

I tried.

Excerpt Two

As I held the gun, alone now, some of the old memories
came back to me. But they were never very far away.

I had killed two men.

“Jeremy.”

My voice had been soft when I called to him. He’d been
raping my roommate, and he was going to kill her. I had no choice. When he
turned around and saw the gun in my hand, I shot him. The bullet hit the center
of his forehead.

I swallowed now, remembering Mallory as she had watched
me, pinned to the wall by his hands. Her eyes had been so lifeless. They were
the opposite of Ben’s. He’d been pleading for his life, but minutes earlier
he’d been planning to kill Amanda, then me. My stomach churned, remembering
that he was going to take me to Franco. He wanted to barter, trade me in for
more money, more drugs.

He was the one who killed Mallory, but the Bartel family
set all of it in motion.

I drew in a ragged breath, cradling the gun in my hands
like a precious baby. This little piece of metal had caused so much havoc in my
life, and it was Carter’s weapon of choice. He’d killed plenty with it when he
worked for the Mauricio family.

Somehow, I knew this weapon would have a place in our
lives again. I didn’t want it to, but I knew it would. And with that last
thought, my hand closed over it, and I raised my arms, aiming with my feet
apart, my shoulders rolled back. I shot, one after another, until my clip was
done.

All except one hit the bullseye. The other one, the
outlier, was just outside the inner circle on the target.

I’d have to get better.

Teaser Quotes

A tingle started in the base of my
stomach, and it rose up, spreading through my body, warming me as it went,
until I was almost salivating for him. When I saw him, I needed to touch him.
It had been like this for a year, and I never wanted it to end. I always wanted
to thirst for him.

He murmured against my skin, “Why is it
that your presence can calm me? Your touch can make me alive, and one little
sigh from you makes me want to sleep for days in your embrace?”

I smiled, moving to press a kiss to his
ear. “Because you love me.”

Pulling me back into his arms, he nudged
my legs farther apart, moving closer, and pressed his lips to the underside of
my jaw. He whispered, “Never.” Another kiss to the corner of my lips. “Ever.” A
third kiss, his lips resting atop mine and he murmured, “I promise. Nothing
will ever happen to you.”

“Because you need to understand. It’s
time you know more. You’re mine, Emma. My first allegiance is to you. Things
are going to happen now, and I can’t control them. The Mauricio family has
always followed me."

Suddenly I realized—he was going back in.
A tear formed in my eye, and I ignored it. This was what he was telling me. I
swallowed over a lump. “What happens now?”

He didn’t answer at first. Then he let
out a soft breath of air and turned, his eyes pained. He said one word: “War.”

I closed my eyes and just felt her. She
trailed a hand down my face, tracing my lips. That small touch, so gentle, so
loving. That was Emma.

No other woman made me feel like this. It
was her, only her. Opening my eyes, I found her watching me and smiling as her
chest heaved for air.

"I love you," she murmured.

Goddamn. I kissed her and whispered
against her lips, "I love you too."

I closed my eyes and held the man I
loved. Resting my forehead to his, I placed my arms on his shoulders as he held
my hips. His thumbs rubbed back and forth. This. Right here. He was the most
powerful man I knew, and he was all mine.

I didn't begin writing until after
undergraduate college. There'd been storylines and characters in my head all my
life, but it came to a boiling point one day and I HAD to get them out of me.
So the computer was booted up and I FINALLY felt it click. Writing is what I
needed to do. After that, I had to teach myself how to write. I can't blame my
teachers for not teaching me all those years in school. It was my fault. I was
one of the students that was wishing I was anywhere but at school! So after
that day, it took me lots of work until I was able to put together something
that resembled a novel. I'm hoping I got it right since someone must be reading
this profile! And I hope you keep enjoying my future stories.

Since being drafted by the NHL to play for
his home team at age nineteen, Derek Backhard has had everything he's ever
dreamed of - unrivaled MVP mentions, countless goals and assists, even being
compared to the great one. Holding the power to control his future in the palm
of his hands, nothing stood in his way.

Until the unthinkable happened, and
everything about his life shifted. Past priorities fell away the moment he held
baby Ryder in his arms mere moments after losing his close friend, and Ryder's
father, Brad.

After weeks of watching Liz fall apart over
the loss of her husband as she struggled to adjust to life as a single parent,
Derek vows to give her and Ryder everything they deserve, creating a life he
never knew he always wanted.

Rocked to her core by her changing feelings
for him, Liz doesn’t know what to do with Derek or his offer. Uncertainty
swirls within her as she leans on her lifelong friend during the hard times,
but how much of his attention is real, and how much is pity?

Is she strong enough to let him in and let
him take care of her, or will she force him away and back into the life she
thinks he really wants?

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Synopsis

Kirsten Backhard is a highly respected
senior negotiating executive who plays with some of the most powerful men in
her field.

She is confident, sexy and hell on heels.
She fights with a straight face, doesn’t back down easily and she has no
scruples about using her ASSets to get the deal done her way.

Kirsten loves the thrill of toying with the
game in a man’s world. She is in control of both her professional and personal
life, until one heartbreaking night changes everything and for the first time
she starts losing.

Can Kirsten negotiate the game of love as
well as she does at work? Can she play a love-em and leave-em game as well as a
man does?

Or did she already lose when her heart was
dealt to the one man who broke it?

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Jett Vaughn
has one thing on his mind these days - Presley Hart. He will do anything it takes to make her
his. At least, he thinks he will.

Presley Hart
wants one thing in life - a man who will make her his number one. After being married to a man who never put
her first, she swore she'd never settle for second best again. At least, she thought she wouldn't.

When Jett's
life comes crashing down around him, his flaws are laid bare for all to
see. Presley stands by her man but
there's only so much she can do to help him.
She loves him and wants to be with him but she has her limits and Jett's
about to reach them.

In the midst
of hurt, loss and destruction, can love win out? Can a man who is struggling to find his way,
show the woman he loves just how much he wants her to be the one? Or is there only so much a heart can take
before enough's enough?

Rockstar, Jett Vaughn, isn’t against settling down, but no woman
has ever held his attention long enough for a relationship to develop. That is
until he meets Presley Hart. She’s confident, opinionated and headstrong. She
drives him to the edge of crazy, but he can’t deny how she makes him feel.

He wants her heart, but she only wants his
body.

Presley’s not against giving her heart to a man, but she has too
many reasons why he’s not the one to give it to. Jett isn’t a man who will take
no for an answer though. He’s about to declare war on her reasons and take what
he wants.

When I'm not
creating with words you will find me either creating with paper or curled up
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Levi “Painter” Brooks was nothing before he joined the Reapers motorcycle club. The day he patched in, they became his brothers and his life. All they asked in return was a strong arm and unconditional loyalty—a loyalty that’s tested when he’s caught and sentenced to prison for a crime committed on their behalf.

Melanie Tucker may have had a rough start, but along the way she’s learned to fight for her future. She’s escaped from hell and started a new life, yet every night she dreams of a biker whose touch she can’t forget. It all started out so innocently—just a series of letters to a lonely man in prison. Friendly. Harmless. Safe.

Now Painter Brooks is coming home… and Melanie’s about to learn that there’s no room for innocence in the Reapers MC.

New York Times and USA Bestselling Author, S. L. Scott, was
always interested in the arts. She grew up painting, writing poetry and short
stories, and wiling her days away lost in a good book and the movies.

With a degree in Journalism, she continued her love of the
written word by reading American authors like Salinger and Fitzgerald. She was
intrigued by their flawed characters living in picture perfect worlds, but
could still debate that the worlds those characters lived in were actually the
flawed ones. This dynamic of leaving the reader invested in the words, inspired
Scott to start writing with emotion while interjecting an underlying passion
into her own stories.

Living in the capital of Texas with her family, Scott loves
traveling and avocados, beaches, and cooking with her kids. She’s obsessed with
epic romances and loves a good plot twist. She dreams of seeing one of her own
books made into a movie one day as well as returning to Europe. Her favorite
color is blue, but she likens it more toward the sky than the emotion. Her home
is filled with the welcoming symbol of the pineapple and finds surfing a
challenge though she likes to think she’s a pro.